LADY SINGS THE BLUES

The essence of Billie Holiday,one of America's most loved and memorable singers,is captured brilliantly in a tour-de-force debut performance by singer Diana Ross.Will try to get up rest of movie as soon as possible.I do not own copyrights to this movie.

[@legedaryone]

Baby when people saw the glamourous Diana Ross going through herion withdrawls in a straightjacket and padded cell, they instantly felt she was proved her acting chops.

[@dannij7081]

Saw this movie at 12 years old. Changed my whole perspective on life.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

In what way?

[@dannij7081]

@@Michelle-pn9xt About life and how our decisions impact upon our lives. I ended up becoming a Drug an Alcohol Mental health Counselor.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@dannij7081 Great!

[@dannij7081]

@@Michelle-pn9xt Thank you Michelle.

[@charlenemoriarty1506]

Me too! Saw it at 16 yrs old...

[@macuser5555]

Too early back in the day for black people to get recognized or even have a chance to start in a serious movie like this one. She got an Oscar nomination. If this movie came out today Diana Ross would've gotten that Oscar for "Actress in a leading roll".....AND the movie itself would've received at least 5 academy awards for the supporting roles, the story line, costumes, musical arrangement and cinematography. OUTSTANDING MOVIE!! That's why this lady will always be an unforgettable legend.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

star...role, not roll

[@skydiamond8705]

They redid it and she did a Oscar for it and released her own soundtrack of songs from Lady and the blues

[@iago07]

LOL the film was nominated for 5 Oscars

[@OctoberLibra1]

Excellent performance by Miss Ross...I still think she should've won the Oscar for this film...this being her first lead in a feature film was superb for acting and the Academy knew it, she was a shoe in for the award, but the Academy was biased because Liza Minelli, Hollywoods so-called royalty was given preferential treatment because of her families history in cinema won over Ross. What a shame, Diana deserved to win.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Diana Ross.

[@holliedevine7565]

Liza was also a star in her own right, preforming internationally before she was even cast in Cabaret, she was also nominated for best actress three years prior, Lizas performance in cabaret was excellent, Diana Ross’ performance was also great but the film wasn’t very accurate about Billie Holidays story + Diana Ross was a newcomer to the film industry. Tbh even if it wasn’t Liza it probably would’ve been Cicely Tyson

[@tracymcnair1303]

YESSSSS

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Yes she did. It was an incomparable performance.

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

Lady Sings The Blues 💙 The Color Purple 💜 2 films that Hollywood will never give credit to 😢

[@evelynj.amponsah8417]

One of my all time favorite movies. I love Dianna Ross.

[@angelinaramon]

Going through withdrawals is awful enough, but in a damn straight jacket? Goddamn I know that must have been hell for Billie Holiday. Poor thing.

[@allandavis931]

She deserves an Oscar just from the credits alone.

[@ronnykmarshall]

I agree. But it was a great year of great performances.

[@taijohnson9139]

I literally just thought that

[@jviarruel]

I agree! I was like damn! That's the diva looking a hot mess!

[@paul8926]

The opening credit scene was very powerful.

[@joycemcphatter1958]

I know and her voice is unbelievable i love this movie i had to order it

[@sususayssoitachi6981]

Love how brandy recreated this scene In her song borderline. 🔥

[@gizzycatable]

I agree with you! I love Cabaret but Lady Sings the Blues is so much better in so many ways. Diana Ross, I think now, really did deserve to win. Diana and Liza! Who could want anything more?!!!!!

[@DawnMartinOfficial]

OMG! DIANA ROSS WAS CHEATED OUT OF AN OSCAR! SHE WAS BRILLIANT IN THIS MOVIE! FACTS!

[@wandaclark6054]

I love this movie

[@lisabaxter7786]

She really showed her talent love her I was 10 years old when I saw this

[@thinkforward8752]

*THIS* very scene is why I've never touched drugs 🤚💯 I'm fifty years old now & watching this clip *still* freaks me out 😳 To that point... There's an old *Good Times* episode where Debbie Allen played a drug addict. The scene where she ran to the bathroom & began tying a tourniquet around her arm scared me, too 😄😂🤣...kids 🤷‍♂️😄

[@nickibbaker8462]

This opening scene literally scared the shit out of me as a kid🤦🏾‍♀️

[@treseancann1261]

Even the music is haunting.

[@rhodaruiz5657]

The moral of the story is we need so much love. Love constantly.

[@ronnykmarshall]

um ok

[@spiffylee7109]

actually it was stay away from drugs

[@gettinoveritgettinoverit1062]

Louis wanted to take away the drugs so he was suppose to replace that empty void with moor hugs so now theSELFIEHUGJACKET will have to suff(V)ice!!! LOL!!!///UNsane(2018)

[@anthonywhite2337]

And stay away from drugs

[@guardthegoat5925]

@@spiffylee7109drug addiction is often rooted from the deprivation of love

[@alisetait3132]

Ms ross should a major movie star as well as a singer this woman acting skills are untouchable she act just as great as she sing she is a gift of talent .

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Diana Ross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Diana Ross!

[@MrRickyMoody]

That’s Miss Ross! Call her as you wish!

[@LEGENDPantherJennings]

I love rhis movie

[@CHANGSIRIWAT5843]

CREDITS: TM & © Paramount (1972) Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor Director: Sydney J. Furie Screenwriter: Suzanne de Passe, Chris Clark, Terence McCloy

[@htknowles]

I was in one for like 5 years in my 20s it was the beatest thing

[@gabrieladelafuente7398]

I want to see the whole movie!

[@travelagent1279]

You can

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1972 the Billie Holiday bio movie "Lady Sings The Blues" had its world premier... Diana Ross, who portrayed Billie Holiday, was nominated for an Academy Award for 'Best Actress' {winner Liza Minnelli for 'Cabaret'}... "Good Morning Heartache" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 on January 13th, 1973; eventually it peaked at #34 and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100... The song was originally recorded by Billie Holiday in 1946 and appeared on her 1956 album 'Lady Sings The Blues'...

[@gizzycatcat6468]

Liza won that year but Miss Diana Ross should have. Fuck I love her

[@anniekauppila6830]

The acting...

[@lisabaxter7786]

Do your thing sis proud of you

[@joycemcphatter1958]

This was the sad part man i hate she got on that stuff

[@charlenemoriarty1506]

When the white guy who supplied her with heroin..and then she needed it. He said now you are a main liner! I am white. But he ruined a beautiful woman.. That sob..

[@mistofoles]

Looks like a good movie, I'll have to see if I can get it on VHS.

[@duetforherbivores]

mistofoles it's free on youtube but it's way too overdramatic and campy. and it's not very true to Billie holiday's real life, it's not worth watching.

[@TheBrownIsland]

Watch the Movie and judge for yourself

[@creamcheese1048]

I heard that Ms. Ross and Richard Pryor improvised the scene where piano man is killed.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Diana Ross

[@MrRickyMoody]

@@Michelle-pn9xt They said what they said. Miss Ross. Thanks. Next.

[@Jason_N_Paradise]

WOW did anybody notice Diana Ross really did hit her head on the ground at 3:38, or that's good acting

[@kimrichardson2381]

MrNemis2003 is that why she grab her head

[@joel8583]

I suppose so

[@shortzoe]

That's acting

[@kentburrell3419]

That one part always gets me when she hits her head..thank GOD it was a rubber mat

[@travelagent1279]

@@kimrichardson2381 and starting crying

[@iago07]

Wow

[@curtismichael4703]

A natural. If it were in current times, maybe she would have won. Liza was great but she pretty much played herself in Cabaret. Diana on the other hand...I mean c'mon!

[@mrgamersmith857]

3:21 when a screaming goat yells

[@trplblkboo]

Giiirl… He Ain’t Coming

[@beckyyeagersmith7252]

I have loved this movie & sound trac from the beginning. I own the album (tho can't play it anymore!) have framed the pictures and I know it may be sacrilegious BUT I do not care for "The Billie Holiday's" VOICE. I much prefer Diana Ross' interpretation.

[@gizzycatable]

I fuckin LOVE Dianna Ross AND Billie Holiday (wrong spelling?) No Matter

[@mrgamersmith857]

3:26 when your in school and you be like

[@joel8583]

Lol!

[@brandeewild]

The song playing is Aint Nobody's Business

[@hollygab8188]

Sung by pinky Williams or blinky williams.

[@fancydivacat]

in reply macuser555 post -ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS I AGREE TOTALLY -DIANA ROSS DOES ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTING PERFORMANCES IN FILM HISTORY AND SHE LOST THE ACADEMY AWARD TO FUCKING LIZA MINELLI -WHY? BECAUSE LIZA MINELLI'S MOTHER WAS JUDY GARLAND AND HER FATHER WAS VINCENT MINELLI AND DIANA ROSS WAS JUST A POOR BLACK GIRL FROM THE GHETTO-WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU DESERVED THAT OSCAR DIANA -YOU HAVE A BILLION TIMES MORE TALENT IN SINGING AND ACTING THAN LIZA MINELLI COULD EVER HAVE -YOURE THE BEST DIANA!

[@deronreed2945]

Barry Gordy is the reason she didn't win

[@joel8583]

Stupid Academy Awards!

[@ronnykmarshall]

yup

[@mistahoward1898]

Agreed. He was too aggressive. That worked in Detroit not Hollywood.

[@kentburrell3419]

Bull...thats the story they told.. The Academy was not ready to give a Black Lady Best Actress Award at that time...

[@courtneywilliams5565]

Or maybe sentiment for Liza Minnelli since her mother had just passed

[@impudicoanimal]

Diana Ross merecía el oscar y no Liza Minelli

[@christophercasey6775]

Are you sure her legal troubles started in the 30s. 1936, Billie was 21. I read that her problems started much later. The scene in general was pretty f***ed up. Clearly this was not overacting. Diana did a good job doing that extremely difficult scene. It's clearly a drug withdrawal.

[@albertosardini]

eu gostaria de assistir o filem completo. Grato..André-São Paulo-Brasil

[@elicordero4019]

The music sounds scary.

[@christopherbarrow3707]

she deserves an oscar for this!👑😎emirj the artist i typed this before reading the comment below damn how unoriginal now

[@charlenemoriarty1506]

The withdrawals in those days coulda killed her. She had money and availability...

[@hajimoezi3892]

where's the full movie??

[@anthonywhite2337]

Go back and type it and it will pop up you will see her wearing a gray dress or white dress

[@chestenelambert9906]

MY question too

[@michaelstanton2885]

as one who has listened to and owns virtually all of lady day's recordings with the exception of her artie shaw recordings and read countless biographies of her including her own, i cringed when i saw this movie because it barely resembled anything of lady's life. the manufactured "love story" between billie and louis mckay was laughable as he was nowhere the romantic dashing figure portrayed by billie dee williams, and who the hell was richard pryor supposed to be? piano man? give me a break!

[@DanielLopez-zt4ig]

3:37 was the ground ok?

[@michaelstanton2885]

why didn't the screenwriter do some REAL research and include lady's musical soulmate lester young? billie holiday's life story deserved so much better than this manufactured whitewash which was given berry gordy's seal of approval. the soundtrack i will admit is excellent and does convey the spirit and feeling of billie holiday and her marvellous artistry. if you want to know the REAL lady day, read her autobiography or other books about her but i can't in good conscience recommend this movie.

[@Don_of_Dons]

What's the name of the song in the beginning

[@hollygab8188]

Taint nobody's busness if I do

[@Don_of_Dons]

@@hollygab8188 thanks

[@treseancann1261]

​@@hollygab8188 Who's the artist performing this version of the song ?

[@Jgreenhause]

I love liza and diana I am still torn about this but don't take down liza it was fair..

[@ttp436]

How can that treatment be good for anyone

[@davidmiller3190]

berry, please. overkill. love.

[@paulasantana8615]

No

[@punkanellylovejoy702]

Is this the actual footage from her arrest for driving drunk as a skunk?

[@angelabrown9447]

Except they couldn't show the hellish diarrhea that people go through while coming off of opiods

[@jeffreysuggs1]

It had nothing to do with parents! Liza won because the quality of 'Cabaret' was far superior to that of 'Lady Sings The Blues'. Diana brought screen presence and magic to the role, as did Liza. But the photography, the other performances, were far more polished in 'Cabaret'. Sorry, Liza is far more disciplined than her great mother was. Diana, was a social icon who bridged a gap for black and white to come together,it could've gone to either, but give Liza her props, she earned it

[@Angel-nu7fm]

Cabaret stunk...it WAS because of her mama...Joel Grey did what for best actor? Beat out Pacino?

[@ShenaeWilliams]

I heard that because Diana Ross and Cecily Tyson were both nominated that year, their performances were cancelled out in favor of Liza Minelli.

[@deronreed2945]

BULLSHIT.....Cabaret' WAS NOWHERE GOOD AS LADY...BULLSHIT

[@angelabrown9447]

If she was really ina straight jacket she'd have Bern wearing a diaper too